1. A Pragmatic Study of
Binary Class Relationships
Recovering relevant UML-like class diagrams with Ptidej
Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc
Hervé Albin-Amiot
guehene@iro.umontreal.ca, albin@emn.fr
École des Mines Object Technology Université de Montréal,
de Nantes, France International, Inc., Canada Canada

2. Objectives
Long term: Automated help to
understand and to document object-
oriented programs
– Abstract implementation-level artefacts
Short term: Produce relevant UML-like
class diagrams and (design) pattern
representations from source code
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3. Needs
To bridge the discontinuity between
source code and class diagrams
– Precise definitions of class-diagram
artefacts: Class/interface, relationships
– Models to describe source code and class-
diagram artefacts
– Static and dynamic analyses tools to
generate the models
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4. Relationships in a nutshell
A B
Association
– Says that instances of a class A send
messages to instances of a class B
A B
Aggregation
– Association in which the whole (A) declares
a part (B) (a field in the whole)
A B
Composition
– Aggregation in which the part (B) belongs
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5. Tools
PDL1: To describe source code, UML-like
class diagrams, design patterns
Caffeine: To obtain and abstract dynamic
information from program executions
Ptidej2: To serve as a front-end to other
tools and to display class diagrams
5/6 1: Pattern (and Abstract-level) Description Language
2: Pattern Trace Identification, Detection, and Enhancement in Java

6. Frame Panel
Association
DrawingEditor DrawingView
Tool Drawing
Association
Instanciation
Interface
Handle Figure
AbstractFigure
Tools in action Agrégation
AttributeFigure DecoratorFigure PolyLineFigure CompositeFigure
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Classe